Thanksgiving

Rewind back to November - I failed to take single picture at Thanksgiving, so I had to ask for help from family so that there was something more to this post than my rambling.  This was a Thanksgiving for the record books - our new kitchen/living area, 21 people including all the aunts and uncles and cousins.  It was great!  Festivities started with dinner at Dad and Mary's with all of the Densons and Schroeders.  It was great fun to not be hosting and to be able to sit around and catch up and relax. 

Then Thursday was not not so relaxing, but was just as fun.  We didn't get pics of everyone, but here is the list of everyone who came 1) me, 2) Michael, 3) Addison, 4) Ella, 5) Helen, 6) Dick, 7) Susan, 8) Jon, 9) Heidi, 10) Mary, 11) Dottie, 12) Fred, 13) Michael, 14) Kristi, 15) Dave, 15) Vicki, 16) Will, 17) Ann, 18) Granny, 19) Jean, 20) Tom, and 21) Betsy.  Only person missing was Dad.  He was home sick with a 24 hour stomach bug that happen to fall right on the 24 hours surrounding Thanksgiving.  It was a bummer, but fortunately we had plenty of uncles to fill in the role of turkey fryer helper!

This may be my favorite pic, the two youngest girls on the iPhone with the beer bottle in the pic.  

Me and Michael at the Denson dinner the night before Thanksgiving.

 A sampling of the Denson crew on Thanksgiving

The girls playing in Addy's room

Me and Michael in the kitchen.  It kind of looks like he is about to stab me, but note the turkey carcass in the background.